Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]

[Harv]

No chance. I did the journey on a little folding bike as well. 50 miles on that would kill me.

 

[welsh dragon]

No chance. I did the journey on a little folding bike as well. 50 miles on that would kill me.

Which folding bike did you buy?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

If the in line adjuster is the knobbly bit at the back, that is what I adjusted

Thats the main cable adjuster, the in line one is if you need fine adjustment during the ride and is usually near the shifters or on the down tube.

Have a look at these all sorts of different ones.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Knobbly thing on the back of the bike worked, gears behaved themselves this morning

 

[Nigelnaturist]

That's some climbing and impressive speed. Yes I have some problem knowing if my zones are correct, but seem to be doing braodly right my endurance and hill climbing are better

http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/heart_rate/heart_rate_zone_calculator_abcc_bcf.html

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Well done. Careful you don't turn into another Chris and start doing detours to cycle 50 miles to work. Lol.

It's not a detour, it's just the safest route

 

[BrianEvesham]

Looks like thin blak metal

I was being sarcastic First time I used mine the jaws splayed, hope yours are made of sterner stuff

 

[BrianEvesham]

First ride for me today on my own and was it windy.

http://www.strava.com/activities/161529159

Waiting for OH to come home so we can do her loop round the villages then out with my son after school on his new road bike.

Please stay away rain!

 

[morrisman]

Hills (or the best we can do in leafy Bucks) day today, 26 miles, 1762ft climbed, average just below 14 mph. Lovely day to be out if just a tad windy.

http://www.strava.com/activities/161540788

 

[Stonechat]

http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/heart_rate/heart_rate_zone_calculator_abcc_bcf.html

YEs I do understand but never sure if my threshold is measured correctly
However I am ok with it, suspect my physiology has its own peculairities!

 

[BrianEvesham]

Ride 2 with @SueEvesham

http://www.strava.com/activities/161551190

Pleased with her avg up to 10mph.

 

[Stonechat]

Hills (or the best we can do in leafy Bucks) day today, 26 miles, 1762ft climbed, average just below 14 mph. Lovely day to be out if just a tad windy.

http://www.strava.com/activities/161540788

Likewise I went after two Surrey Hills today, Newlands Corner and Combe Lane

Nice route down through Pyrford and Ripley (road closed but bikes can get through)

Newlands which I have done before was not so bad, but did not stop for a coffee
After a nice descent, but not much recovery time Combe Lane was on me
What a brute of a hill!
Long steep stection with a bend in, round the bend and either side especially steep - will check but 20% at a guess
Here is that segment http://www.strava.com/segments/4748869?filter=overall

At the top of the steep section I had to stop, fortunately it was the top or more or less so. Iwas gasping for breath

Still good weather and another nice ride
38.6 miles @ 13.7 mph
1585 geet of climbing.

EDIT
Someone created a segment of the two hills together
Here is the profile etc
http://veloviewer.com/segments/5451976/athlete/2689859

 

[morrisman]

After a nice descent, but not much recovery time Combe Lane was on me
What a brute of a hill!
Long steep stection with a bend in, round the bend and either side especially steep - will check but 20% at a guess
Here is that segment http://www.strava.com/segments/4748869?filter=overall

Know that hill well (in a car) from my morris dancing days with Thames Valley Morris, well done that man

 

[Nigelnaturist]

YEs I do understand but never sure if my threshold is measured correctly
However I am ok with it, suspect my physiology has its own peculairities!

I dont think at our level it really matters, just a guide, just riding and doing hills if possible and a bit of endurance work, is usually enough, he only thing I take from the hr is as a % of my max this gives an overall idea of how hard I worked and from that and the calories some idea of power, but I dont really do anything with the data.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Still good weather and another nice ride
38.6 miles @ 13.7 mph
1585 geet of climbing.

EDIT
Someone created a segment of the two hills together
Here is the profile etc
http://veloviewer.com/segments/5451976/athlete/2689859

We must have some bloody big pancakes around here I did 762ft and didn't climb anything like a hill till the last 1/2 mile in 41 miles

Edit
RWGPS puts at 951ft with a V.A.M./hr of 222 this I do use a little as it gives a slightly better idea of how hilly it was usually the higher the figure the hillier it was. To put this in context rwgps corrected data is 22.8ft/mile yesterday I did 40.08ft/mile about 325V.m/hr, my difficulty score gives today at 162.99 and yesterday 424.51 that mean that yesterday was 13.06 difficulty/mile and today 3.91. Thing is I wasn't trying today other than to keep my H.R. in Zone3 (which for the most part it was) but my avg cad was only 2 less than yesterday at 87rpm. I timed the ride about right to avoid any really strong headwinds mind you all that depends what figures you look at.

Edit 2
even strava puts it at 870ft, which is still higher than the unit recorded @762ft